Flyer Comet (Whalom Park)
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| Flyer Comet | |
| Location | Whalom Park |
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| Type | Wood |
| Status | Demolished |
| Opened | 1940 |
| Closed | 2000 |
| Manufacturer | Philadelphia Toboggan Company |
| Designer | Vernon Keenan |
| Height | 70 ft (21 m) |
| Length | 2,600 ft (790 m) |
| Max speed | 35 mph (56 km/h) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Duration | 1:55 |
| Flyer Comet at RCDB Pictures of Flyer Comet at RCDB |
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The Flyer Comet was a wooden roller coaster located at Whalom Park in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, USA. Built in 1940, it was torn down in 2006.
[edit] History
When the 1923 Shooting Star roller coaster was destroyed in 1938 by a hurricane, Whalom staff hired the National Amusement Device Company and designer Vernon Keenan to create a new coaster for the park. Many parts from the Shooting Star were used to construct the ride, which was then called the Comet. The ride was Whalom Park’s third roller coaster since the park opened in 1893, and no new coasters ever replaced it or were added to the park.
Whalom Park property was bought by Global Developments in 2001. They started clearing the land on October 10, 2006; the roller coaster was destroyed Oct. 18. The area will become the Emerald Estates, which are "gated condominiums on the shores of Lake Whalom." Though the ride was destroyed, its cars will be on display at a local museum.
[edit] Themes
The entrance to the ride was decorated with shooting stars/comets, and the Black Hole tunnel on the ride, which was added in 1990, was meant to add a space theme to the ride. Though the Black Hole did have a hills in it.
